Generation Notes
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Whats the name of the first electronic computer? | ABC (Atansoff-Berry Computer)
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| Who made the UNIVAC | Mauchly and Eckert
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| who was the UNIVAC first sold to? | The U.S. census Bureau in 1951
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| How was the second generation different from the first? | It was smaller
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| What could the magnetic tape do? | Ability to read (access) data quickly and reliably. Ability to write (store) data quickly and reliably
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| COBOL? | Common Business Oriented Language
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| What was popular among businesses? | IBM system 360
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| WHat did the microprocesser do? | Made possible to build a computer known as Microcomputer.
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| What is the name of the first microcomputer? | Altair
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| What do mainframes do? | Handle tasks that required the storage and processing of huge amounts of information.
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| What could one IC replace? | Hundreds of transistors
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| What does IC stand for? | Integrated Circuits
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| What is widely used today for windows programming/ | BASIC
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| What is the COBOLs purpose? | To provide a common language for use on all computers.
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| who designed COBOL? | Grace Murray Hopper
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| what does the ABC do? | Stored numbers for calculations by electronically burning holes in sheets of paper
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| When was the ENAIC made? | June 1943-Began during World War 11
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| what replaced hundreds of transistors? | The IC
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| What was the purpose of the ENAIC? | To calculate the trajectory of artillery shells
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